Child Support Scheme reforms
Welcome to the Child Support Scheme Reforms website.
With over 700,000 separated families and 1.4 million separated parents now in Australia, the Child Support Scheme is undergoing significant changes to ensure it:
- better reflects community values around shared parenting
- better balances the interests of parents and children
- treats both parents' incomes and living costs more equally
- treats children from first and second families more equally, and
- helps separated parents to maintain contact with their children.
Within this website you will find information on:
- how, when and why the Child Support Scheme is changing, and how these changes will affect you
- detailed information about the changes to child support and family assistance
- the Child Support – Family Assistance estimator. You may be able to use this resource to estimate what your new child support or family assistance payments might be. This will apply from 1 July 2008.
- worksheets, tables and examples to help you estimate what your new child support assessment might be
- the new Guide, contains legal and policy information about CSA’s view of the new Child Support Scheme and its administration
- details on the new formula that will be used to calculate child support
- frequently updated questions and answers based on feedback from customers
- fact sheets, brochures, newsletters and eBulletins with information about the new scheme
- advertising materials about the new Scheme and the Child Support Agency (CSA).
Make sure your details are up to date
Please make sure your care details are correct so we can accurately assess your child support under the new Scheme. We wrote to you in October-November 2007 asking you to check these details.
If we can’t contact you, you could miss out on important information and your assessment could be based on the information we receive from the other parent.
You should receive your new assessment between mid-March and May 2008, reflecting the new child support formula.
To update your details online quickly and easily, register for CSAonline to use our secure internet site, or contact us on 131 272 to update your details.
